Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Board of Trustees

About the Board of Trustees

The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation is administered by a thirteen-member Board of Trustees.

Responsibilities of the Foundation's Board of Trustees include:

• Disseminating information to farmland owners and other Maryland citizens;
• Providing assistance and coordination to the twenty-three Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory Boards;
• Promulgating program rules, regulations, and procedures;
• Reviewing and approving easement applications; and
• Acquiring by purchase or donation, agricultural land preservation easements on productive agricultural land. 

Board members

The thirteen-member Board of Trustees includes the State's Comptroller, Treasurer, Secretary of Agriculture, and Secretary of Planning, all of whom serve as ex officio members. The other nine members of the Board serve "at-large" and represent various regions of the State. 

At least six of the at-large members are farmer representatives, of whom four represent the Maryland Agricultural Commission, the Maryland Farm Bureau, Maryland State Grange and the Young Farmers Advisory Board. 

All members are appointed by the Governor and serve a term of four years. 

Cricket Goodall     
Chair, Board of Trustees
At Large Representative
Baltimore County resident

Gary Dell   
At Large Representative
Carroll County resident

Jenell McHenry
At-large Representative
Young Farmers Representative                  

Wayne Stafford       
Farm Bureau Representative
Cecil County resident

Allen Stiles
Maryland Grange Representative
County resident

Sean Hough    
Agriculture Commission Representative        
County resident        

William Buckel
At-large Representative        
Garrett County resident

Tanya Spandhla
At-large Representative ​     
Montgomery County resident

Ruby Mae Thomas
At-large Representative
County resident

​The Honorable Brooke E. Lierman
State Comptroller
Ex Officio Member
Represented by Ben Seigel

The Honorable Rebecca Flora​        
Secretary of Planning
Ex Officio Member
Represented by Debbie Herr Cornwell        

The Honorable Kevin Atticks
Secretary of Agriculture
Ex Officio Member
Represented by Deputy Secretary Steve Connelly

Meetings  

It is the objective of the Foundation to meet the fourth Tuesday of every month, with the exception of December when no meeting is held.

View meeting agendas and minutes for the Foundation Board of Trustees.

Please call prior to attending a meeting to confirm the date/location.